Pepperdine Law placed 65th among the nation's Top 100 law schools according to the 2017 U.S. News and World Report rankings. Pepperdine Law is tied with Loyola Marymount School of Law as the fourth highest ranked law school in Southern California after UCLA USC and UC Irvine. The school had an 78% California bar passage rate in July 2014 giving it the seventh highest California bar passage rate after Stanford (88%); Berkeley (88%);University of Southern California (87%); UC Davis School of Law (86%); UCLA Law (82%); and Loyola Marymount School of Law (80%). Pepperdine Law is best known for its entertainment law and its dispute resolution program which is currently ranked No. 2 in the nation.